Ocean habitats 2.1

Question 1

The zone which comprises water is the ______ zone

Answer 1

Pelagic.

Question 2

The ________ zone consists of the Earth’s crust submerged in the ocean, such as the continental shelf and the ocean floor.

Answer 2

Benthic.

Question 3

The marine zones based on light are ______ and ______ zones.

Answer 3

Photic and Aphotic.

Question 4

The upper layer of the ocean surface, which receives plenty of sunlight, is the _______ zone.

Answer 4

Photic.

Question 5

The ocean water where the sunlight cannot penetrate is called the _______ zone.

Answer 5

Aphotic.

Question 6

The oceans are divided into _______ zones according to their depths.

Answer 6

FIve. They are epipelagic, mesopelagic, bathypelagic, abyssopelagic, and hadopelagic zones.

Question 7

The upper layer of the ocean surface, which receives ample sunlight, forms the ______ zone.

Answer 7

Epipelagic.

Question 8

The zone that lies below the epipelagic zone is the ________ zone.

Answer 8

Mesopelagic. Twilight zone.

Question 9

The zone below the mesopelagic zone is the ________ zone.

Answer 9

Bathypelagic. The midnight zone.

Question 10

The zone below the bathypelagic zone is the ______ zone.

Answer 10

Abyssopelagic.

Question 11

The zone that lies in the ocean trenches and forms the deepest part of the ocean is called the _________ zone.

Answer 11

Hadopelagic.

Question 12

The science of naming, describing and classifying organisms.

Answer 12

Taxonomy.